rugbylike

rugbylike

English

Alternative forms

• rugby-like

Etymology

rugby +‎ -like

Adjective

rugbylike (comparative more rugbylike, superlative most rugbylike)

1. Similar to or reminiscent of rugby.
   • 2004, Robert Cowley, What Ifs? Of American History: Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been, Penguin (→ISBN):

     (already the rugbylike form of the game was [developing])

   • 2007, Paul R. DeHart, Uncovering the Constitution's Moral Design, University of Missouri Press (→ISBN), page 60:

     But perhaps our example of the heart that both pumps blood and is employed in a rugbylike game can still be of help.

   • 2018, Laura Childs, Pekoe Most Poison, Penguin (→ISBN), page 10:

     Now everyone from his table was jigging around in a fearful, nervous rugbylike scrum, while people from other tables were rushing over to shout suggestions.